A cyclist has said he had to complain about "terrible" litter on the city's streets nine times over five weeks before anything was done.

Paul Rowan, from west Hull, cycles to work nearly every day, and has said the piles of litter between Rawling Way and Porter Street is "the first and last" things visitors to the city see.

Paul, 55, who works for BT, said the area did not look like it had been cleared for more than 12 months.

Paul complained to the council 9 times before anything was done (Image: Jerome Ellerby)

“Friends and family members who come to see me travel in on Clive Sullivan Way and told me it looks bad," he said.

"It’s one of the main roads into the city and it’s the first and last thing people see. With City of Culture we’re getting more visitors and you’d think the council would want it to look better for the visitors.

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“It’s just after the flyover as you come off Clive Sullivan Way, so on your way into the city centre. I wouldn’t even call it fly-tipping as it’s just general litter, although there is clothing and plastic doors from fridges in there.”

“It gets quite busy down there, and if you’re stuck in traffic and look to your left you can see it. It looks terrible. What kind of message is that sending about the City of Culture?”

Paul said the state of the litter on his route to work was 'terrible' (Image: Jerome Ellerby)

But he says it has taken nine separate complaints to Hull City Council and his ward councillor before it was cleared.

“I kept getting messages saying it was being dealt with and that a street clean will take place as soon as possible and I kept getting fobbed off," he said.

"Five weeks later, it still looked terrible. I just wanted someone to say when the clean-up would take place.”

In one of his email's to the council. Paul wrote: “Still waiting for a response nearly four weeks after reporting the issue. I think I’m getting fobbed off judging by the normal responses you are giving me and the fact that no one from the council has even bothered to contact me.

Paul said he felt he had been 'fobbed off' by the council (Image: Jerome Ellerby)

“If this is my experience of reporting a litter problem, then I dream to think how other people get on.”

The council’s street scene team work on a six-week rota, meaning the litter may have been dumped straight after the last clean-up.

A council spokesman said: “Our records show that our street cleaning team responded to Mr Rowan’s request for a clean-up within this area. We have been in touch with the resident to explain to him the status of his enquiry.”